Like many highly committed teams, they had a long list of deliverables and each person worked long hours with the hope of achieving them. At the end of each month they got together…
Performance Improvement
When working with others our default action is to form a team. After all, teamwork is good and everyone works in teams. It is interesting to compare this idealized view to the reality…
The fifth and final conversation center of our team performance model is Measure. When I ask leaders how they judge the performance of their team, they typically talk about business results. They are…
We have reached the fourth conversational area in our model of the conversations of a high performing team, ‘Manage’. You may be thinking it is good to be back to a familiar topic. …
So far in this series on developing your healthy, high performing team I have covered the first two conversation centers, Why and Form. At this point you are clear on your purpose and…
Now you know the type of team you need, it is time to start recruiting the team’s members. As mentioned, in my experience most team members are ‘voluntold’ to join the team by…
My last post described the Why of your team and now we will move to the next conversations, Form. The conversations of Form bring your team into being. This includes designing the type…
I asked a sample of leaders how often the teams they have either led or been a member of have fulfilled their potential. Their answers surprised me. They were pretty consistent, only about…
I have been working with my business partner Jennifer to create a new business. If you’ve been down that road, you know it takes a huge amount of work. As coaches, one of…
A big shift occurred at the end of 2011. In case you weren’t paying attention, 2012 marked the start of a lower rate of US productivity. The chart below shows the trend. You…